More than a restaurant, a culinary institution, Café Spice Namasté is Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala’s celebrated landmark Indian restaurant, a short stroll from the Tower of London. For over twenty three years, we’ve been welcoming guests from all over the world who come to enjoy Chef Cyrus’ delightfully original cooking and our warm, personable service in this pocket of historic London.

Indeed, for twenty-three years, Cyrus & Pervin Todiwala and the team have enjoyed recognition from critics and customers alike for Café Spice Namasté’s fine food and service. We are also the recognised pioneers in sustainability, winning the award for Leadership in Sustainability and Sustainable Food from the Corporation of London. We enjoy a Three-Star rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association.

Our extensive menus offer a contemporary, some would say extraordinary, twist on traditional dishes from Goa, North India, Hyderabad, Kashmir and other Indian sub-continents.

We are glad to inform you that you can now hire the talents of Cyrus Todiwala OBE and his team from Café Spice Namaste to ensure any private event, whether a family birthday, anniversary or your wedding, is truly enjoyable.
As well as our renowned expertise in serving award-winning, authentic Indian cuisine, the Café Spice Namaste team is also experienced in Thai, Modern European and Continental catering. our dedicated team will work with you on every detail to make your celebration ideas become a reality. Tailor made menus will be prepared to suit your requirements and budget. We will sit down with you to plan your perfect party.
Whether your requirements are for a standing buffet, table or silver service, we will create a bespoke wedding package specific to the couple’s requirements and also offer complete event management. We will arrange the staff and tailor the service procedures to ensure that your event runs smoothly.

Parking after 5:30 pm is free on resident parking and single yellow in surrounding streets.

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Public Transit

We’re in a large, historic Grade-II Listed building a short stroll from Aldgate East or Aldgate or Tower Hill tube station. From Aldgate East, look for Lemon Street exit, once you are on Lemon Street, walk straight ahead and take third right, you will see us on the left at about 100 yards away.T: 02074889242 www.cafespice.co.uk

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Entertainment

Home to Adventure Gourmet@Cafe Spice Namaste, open courses for both neophyte and expert cooks and all discerning food lovers, featuring a revolving door of the UK's top chefs.

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Special Events & Promotions

Cafe Spice Namaste caters for private parties and events, including weddings, charity functions, birthdays.Why not book a Chef Demonstration or Master Class with Cyrus as a special treat for you and your guests? Or a sizzling evening in our Ginger Garden?

An aromatic refreshing drink prepared with extract of rose petal syrup with soda water, served in tall glass with ice

£5.25

Azizi Classic Ruby

Pomegranate, Elderflower and a hint of Lime, flavoured with special blend of herbs. It delivers the total mouth feel you expect from an alcoholic drink, but without the alcohol. Served in a champagne flute topped up with ice-cold soda water. (Recommended for adults only – this product contain valerian as flavouring)

Cocktails

£8.75

Mojito

A fusion of Rum, muddled with mint and brown cane sugar. Served over crushed ice, with a drop of Angostura bitter

£8.75

Cosmopolitan

Finlandia Vodka shaken with fresh lime, Cointreau and cranberry juice served straight up in a chilled glass and garnished with lemon slices

£8.95

The Original Margarita

The classic cocktail for the traditional drinker. Tequila shaken with Cointreau and lime juice, rimmed with sea salt

Featured Items

The Café Spice Namasté Kitchen Selections Set Menu

Relax and let us do all the hard work – including the ordering! Ideally this menu must be for everyone at the table as otherwise it would make service very difficult. This we would recommend to everyone. It is the perfect way to enjoy the cuisine we prepare and takes away the stress of going through the menu and ordering individually, but moreso it allows people to share and enjoy all the dishes together as we would in our homes. Your meal begins with Papads and Home Made Chutneys and Pickles, a selection of six different starter items, our soup of the day as an intermediary course, followed by Three non vegetarian main dishes to include Seafood, Poultry and Meat plus a Vegetable of the day and Daal, along with Naan and Rice, followed by a selection of our Sweets. Do let us know if you would like anything in particular from our regular menu for your selection. All we need is to know is any dietary needs or allergies and we will look after the rest

£40.00

per person

The Café Spice Namasté Gourmand Tasting Menu

Available until 8:30pm. Ideally this menu must be for everyone at the table as otherwise it would make service very difficult. This menu could be stretched by you to last a good two hours of easy dining and therefore please understand that we cannot serve it after 8:30pm. This menu will be designed as you start to dine as we will serve you a host of mini plates encompassing our regular menu as well as our specials. Your dining experience starts with a glass of pomegranate Bellini (bubbly with pomegranate syrup). Weve designed the menu so it offers a balance of tastes and textures to keep your interest going. However if you need to try anything from our menu in particular; do tell us as we generally try to avoid giving you too many starchy dishes. All you need to do is let us know of any allergies or dislikes. We do not serve a fixed number of courses so do please let us know when you have tasted enough so that we can then serve you some dessert. We recommend the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, Burgundy or the Spanish wines to go with your meal

£70.00

per person

*Indicates Chilli Heat

Please don't forget to let our staff know before ordering if you have a food allergy or intolerance

A Combination of the above cooked in traditional Goan style Balchao masala, served with toasted sourdough roll. The Balchao masala is a slow cooked pickling masala made with peri-peri paste, palm vinegar and caramelised shallots

Main Courses

£18.75

Fillet Of Fish Recheado In Banana Leaf*

Boned fillet of line caught fish filled with a hot sweet and sour Goan style masala with crumbled dried shrimp, rolled in banana leaf and steamed. Served with soft garlic rice and salad. Unfortunately we cannot name our fish as we only buy what is line caught on small boats and take whatever is caught. Do ask our staff to let you know which fish it is

£19.50

Khargosh Ka Jungli Maas**

Rajasthani style hare. Hare simmered in a hot rich Rajasthani style sauce made with kashmiri red chilli paste flavoured with cardamom, cloves and bay leaves. Served with a crisp naan

£19.75

Seasonal Vegetarian Thali

Each month we bring a selection of British Home grown seasonal vegetables served in a platter with steamed rice, roti, salad, papad, Raita, one snack, daal and three vegetables to make a whole platter which we call The Seasonal Vegetarian Thali

Seasonal Vegetarian Thali (The Three Vegetables)

These can also be ordered individually as side dishes at £9.50 each. The three vegetables are:

Cake Of Red Emmelie Potato And Kale Colcanon

Spiced cake of Crushed Red Emmelie Potato and Kale, served on a bed of Creamy Tomato and Cashew sauce

Dessert

Café Spice Namaste Festive Menu A

Amuse Bouche

Soup of the Day

Served with Assorted Papad & our own Pickles & Chutneys

First Course

Game Samosa

With Date & Tamarind sauce, Spiced Yogurt & Chickpeas Vermicelli

Main Course

Rolled Thigh of Turkey

Roasted and served in a Parsee style Jardaloo Sauce, infused with Hunza Apricots. Served with Toasted Sesame Potatoes, Cumin and Caramelized Onion Rice and an assortment of Naans and Raita on the table to share

Dessert

A Trio of:

Dark Chocolate Mousse Cake

Mini White Peas Pearl Cake

Christmas Pudding Kulfi

Café Spice Namaste Festive Menu B

£45pp

Amuse Bouche

Soup of the Day

Served with Assorted Papad & our own Pickles & Chutneys

First Course

Game Samosa

With Date & Tamarind sauce, Spiced Yogurt & Chickpeas Vermicelli

Second Course

Stuffed Sliced Partridge

Cooked in Tandoor and served with Mushroom and Garlic soft Risotto with a Rocket & Walnut Salad

Great food, slightly different options and tastes but thoroughly enjoyed it. Great starter of duck sausages which were quite spicy and then had lamb shank bhuna which was lovely. Traditional Indian dessert too. Unusual I’m that it was like a big dining hall with high ceilings but was quirky and the food was great

I come here reasonably often for lunch and dinner on this occasion was no less excellent than usual. Superb service, terrific food (with a creative and ever-rotating seasonal menu) and a lovably quirky atmosphere.

The only Indian restaurant we go to since discovering! Quality ingredients; authentic Parsee take on the usual Indian fare; welcoming staff it's food ethics who don't ask but insist we go back! A genuine find; not overly expensive but a real foodie experience (Ostrich Bhuna; Venison or Duck Tikka (or both!) anyone?) that if even you think you 'know' Indian cuisine you really shouldn't miss.

A bit of a classic although I've not been for many years before this occasion. Interesting cooking with some unusual dishes especially the seasonal game dishes served in an interesting environment. Service is good and efficient, and the food was enjoyed by my party. Flavors are good with food on the whole rich and with good quality ingredients.

Service was a bit slow - especially when waiting for the mains. Food was good but I was a little underwhelmed given some of the glowing reviews. Cocktails to begin with were distinctly average and they still use plastic straws.

This is possibly the best Indian restaurant I have visited. Food is a unique experience with vibrant spices based on the regional dishes of the owner but with a British seasonal nod. Will definitely be back.

Delicious, authentic Bombay Parsee and Goan food! I took my mom who grew up in Bombay, and we are originally from Goa so we are familiar with the real dishes and flavors. The service was also excellent, the atmosphere comfortable and we are already looking forward to our next visit. Thank you!

There are several other great Indian restaurants in London that would offer better value and quality. The service was very good and the staff try to give a pleasant experience but the food was just bland and very underwhelming. I would not go back, nor would I recommend it.

The atmosphere and ambiance is still very good at this restaurant as is the service. A big plus is no music if you want to have some good conversation over dinner. However, the food has become somewhat bland. We had the mixed grill which used to comprise of lamb chops and sheek kebabs with a good level of spicing. It now comes like a tasting dish with bite size pieces of meat and fish and very underspiced. So food sadly was disappointing compared to when we last went several years ago.